org.apache.catalina.tribes
Interface ChannelSender

All Superinterfaces:

Heartbeat

All Known Implementing Classes:

ReplicationTransmitter

public interface ChannelSender
extends Heartbeat

ChannelReceiver Interface
The ChannelSender interface is the data sender component at the bottom layer, the IO layer (for layers see the javadoc for the Channel interface).
The channel sender must support "silent" members, ie, be able to send a message to a member that is not in the membership, but is part of the destination parameter

Author:

Filip Hanik

add

void add(Member member)

Notify the sender of a member being added to the group.
Optional. This can be an empty implementation, that does nothing

Parameters:

member - Member

remove

void remove(Member member)

Notification that a member has been removed or crashed. Can be used to clean up open connections etc

Parameters:

member - Member

start

void start()
           throws java.io.IOException

Start the channel sender

Throws:

IOException - if preprocessing takes place and an error happens

stop

void stop()

Stop the channel sender

heartbeat

void heartbeat()

A channel heartbeat, use this method to clean up resources

Specified by:

heartbeat in interface Heartbeat

sendMessage

void sendMessage(ChannelMessage message,
                 Member[] destination)
                 throws ChannelException

Send a message to one or more recipients.

Parameters:

message - ChannelMessage - the message to be sent

destination - Member[] - the destinations

Throws:

ChannelException - - if an error happens, the ChannelSender MUST report individual send failures on a per member basis, using ChannelException.addFaultyMember

See Also:

ChannelException.addFaultyMember(Member,java.lang.Exception)